Becka Brook, Manaton, Dartmoor National Park

Becka Brook, Manaton, Dartmoor National Park

Becka Brook rises in the Emsworthy area by Hemsworthy Gate between Haytor Rocks and Widecombe-in-the-Moor. It flows below Holwell Tor where a new granite footbridge provides dry crossing where you once had to wade across at a ford.

The brook then cuts a beautiful valley between Greator Rocks and Smallacombe Rocks and flows under a pretty clapper bridge below English Heritage's Hound Tor Abandoned Medieval Settlement.

Becka Brook passes Leighon on its way to Beckaford Bridge before arcing into Becky Falls Woodland Park. It tumbles over a series of beautiful waterfalls and then enters Houndtor Wood. The brook runs under the Old Manaton Road at Houndtor Wood Bridge and finally merges with the larger River Bovey just upstream of Hisley Bridge.